Any Benefits to Me Getting An Irish Passport?



CatRyan said:
I have travelled with my best mate alot and she has a British passport and I have an Irish one. Big difference on how you are treated in other countries... more favourably for the Irish passport.
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Such as? I’ve never really seen anyone get treated any different.
 
GavFTM said:
You specifically said Romanian passport. UK passport gives visa free access to 154 countries and ranks 27th in the VisaGuide.World rankings. Romania has 143 visa free counties and ranks 36th. Ergo your statement is false. Travelling globally is still pretty easy on a UK passport and having to get my passport stamped in Europe is no inconvenience. Indeed once countries all start going biometric (like UAE) you will be able to walk through an e-gate without even using a passport and there will be no difference whatsoever at immigration for most people.
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This visa free access you mention. Does it give you the right to live, work or retire in the countries you referred to? The Romanian passport gives you that right in every EU country.
 
humbug said:
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Depends on how many of those 192 countries you want to visit. A passport which gives unlimited travel and the right to work in the EU/EEA sounds a lot more useful.
 
Hansel said:
This visa free access you mention. Does it give you the right to live, work or retire in the countries you referred to? The Romanian passport gives you that right in every EU country.
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I remember thinking that my kids had it all, they could live and work anywhere in the EU or the USA. Then the gammons ruined it for sovereignty.
 
Hansel said:
This visa free access you mention. Does it give you the right to live, work or retire in the countries you referred to? The Romanian passport gives you that right in every EU country.
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That’s not what you said though. You said British passport was worth less than a Romanian one. That’s only true in the context of wanting to use rights afforded as part of being in the EU and not travelling generally. That is important context and on the global stage a British Passport is more valuable than a Romanian one.
 
Goat Eyes said:
Such as? I’ve never really seen anyone get treated any different.
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Most particularly going into America, she gets her luggage all ripped out and searched while I chat on about things to see etc
Cuba they showed a clear preference also and Africa when getting cash changed up and our passports stamped.
Italy seems to have a pretty low opinion of young English girls on holiday while Irish girls are welcomed warmly... same as Spain etc
 
CatRyan said:
Most particularly going into America, she gets her luggage all ripped out and searched while I chat on about things to see etc
Cuba they showed a clear preference also and Africa when getting cash changed up and our passports stamped.
Italy seems to have a pretty low opinion of young English girls on holiday while Irish girls are welcomed warmly... same as Spain etc
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Never ever noticed it. I must be lucky. Also I’m not a young English girl so this may be another bias. White male privilege here.
 
CatRyan said:
Most particularly going into America, she gets her luggage all ripped out and searched while I chat on about things to see etc
Cuba they showed a clear preference also and Africa when getting cash changed up and our passports stamped.
Italy seems to have a pretty low opinion of young English girls on holiday while Irish girls are welcomed warmly... same as Spain etc
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I think your mate must just look a bit suspect. Nothing to do with her passport 🤣
 
GavFTM said:
That’s not what you said though. You said British passport was worth less than a Romanian one. That’s only true in the context of wanting to use rights afforded as part of being in the EU and not travelling generally. That is important context and on the global stage a British Passport is more valuable than a Romanian one.
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So for tourists the British passport is slightly better but for other much more significant rights in our own continent it's much worse. A bitter pill for young people who have lost those EU rights or people like myself who planned to retire to the EU and now cannot. And I'll say again, if we hadn't left we'd have had both the EU benefits and the British passport ones.
 
Goat Eyes said:
Never ever noticed it. I must be lucky. Also I’m not a young English girl so this may be another bias. White male privilege here.
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Well in Spain for sure I think it is to do with English tourists in general but maybe girls get a more contemptuous reputation.
Irish tourists just seem to be more welcome generally.... in America the bias was the most stark though
 
GavFTM said:
I think your mate must just look a bit suspect. Nothing to do with her passport 🤣
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Well the downside of an Irish passport used to be coming back into this country, I'd get a load of hassle until our Muslim brothers took the baton.

My mate is very friendly and lovely so don't think it is that.
 
CatRyan said:
Well in Spain for sure I think it is to do with English tourists in general but maybe girls get a more contemptuous reputation.
Irish tourists just seem to be more welcome generally.... in America the bias was the most stark though
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Never seen an issue in Spain, and I worked there for a good while. Well expect for when I got slapped around and taxed by a copper in Magaluf. But I probably half deserved that.
 
Goat Eyes said:
Never seen an issue in Spain, and I worked there for a good while. Well expect for when I got slapped around and taxed by a copper in Magaluf. But I probably half deserved that.
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it was enough to piss her off, so definitely a thing, but maybe noticeable to us because we were side by side so you can see they were usually much more friendly to me and just pretty officious with her, so it wasn't like she was getting spat on or anything
 
CatRyan said:
Well the downside of an Irish passport used to be coming back into this country, I'd get a load of hassle until our Muslim brothers took the baton.

My mate is very friendly and lovely so don't think it is that.
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Your statement about America specifically was a bit sceptical for me. I travel to America 4/5 times a year via different states and find it a breeze. Coming through Houston just last week, in the queue about 10 deep, most people were there at least 5 mins getting quizzed, I was through in 30 seconds. Same as NY, Boston, Florida etc. South America and Africa same, get through no problem (the latter sometimes you just need to know how to keep things moving 😉)
 
CatRyan said:
it was enough to piss her off, so definitely a thing, but maybe noticeable to us because we were side by side so you can see they were usually much more friendly to me and just pretty officious with her, so it wasn't like she was getting spat on or anything
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Just never noticed it. And I often travel with a French lass. And everyone hates the French.
GavFTM said:
Your statement about America specifically was a bit sceptical for me. I travel to America 4/5 times a year via different states and find it a breeze. Coming through Houston just last week, in the queue about 10 deep, most people were there at least 5 mins getting quizzed, I was through in 30 seconds. Same as NY, Boston, Florida etc. South America and Africa same, get through no problem (the latter sometimes you just need to know how to keep things moving 😉)
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So long as all your paper work is in order, it’s a piece of cake.
 
GavFTM said:
Your statement about America specifically was a bit sceptical for me. I travel to America 4/5 times a year via different states and find it a breeze. Coming through Houston just last week, in the queue about 10 deep, most people were there at least 5 mins getting quizzed, I was through in 30 seconds. Same as NY, Boston, Florida etc. South America and Africa same, get through no problem (the latter sometimes you just need to know how to keep things moving 😉)
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only saying what happened enough times for my mate to get annoyed

going into Las Vegas was totally the worst for her
 

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